I have previously written about the difference between how the world is and how we imagine it could be. Today I was thinking about the problem from the microcosmic point of view—the difference between what I am and what I wish I could be. Why is so much of our potential never actualized? Continue reading Thoughts At The End Of January, 2023
Monthly Archives: January 2023
Dinner For Nietzsche: Rhythms, Rituals, And Eternal Return
Stone where Nietzsche reports having had the inspiration for his ‘eternal return’, with commemorative plaque.1 Continue reading Dinner For Nietzsche: Rhythms, Rituals, And Eternal Return
Sean Carroll: The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe
I have just finished Sean Carroll’s The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe Itself. Carroll is a theoretical physicist and philosopher who specializes in quantum mechanics, gravity, and cosmology. He is a prolific public speaker, science populariser, and an NSF Distinguished Lecturer. It’s one of the most enjoyable and thoughtful books I’ve read in a long time. Continue reading Sean Carroll: The Big Picture: On the Origins of Life, Meaning, and the Universe
Can Science Make Us Immortal?
Human chromosomes (grey) capped by telomeres (white)
If death is inevitable, then all we can do is die and hope for the best. But perhaps we don’t have to die. Many respectable scientists now believe that humans can overcome death and achieve immortality through the use of future technologies. But how will we do this? Continue reading Can Science Make Us Immortal?
Grant Wahl’s Death: Why Lying Is So Harmful
Grant Wall (1973-2022)
This morning I was moved by reading Dr. Celine Grounder’s brief New York Times opinion piece about the death of her young husband and all the cruelty it has elicited and the ignorance it has revealed. I highly recommend reading the tribute to her deceased husband.
While Dr. Grounder rightfully focuses on the extraordinary ignorance that connects covid vaccination to every death—there is no connection between the two whatsoever, Wahl died of a ruptured aeorta—I would also like to consider Continue reading Grant Wahl’s Death: Why Lying Is So Harmful